Wednesday, February 25, 2009

DJ Tom Hanks and Camerin P Kelly Present Poundtown at Footsie's


Yes, our much heralded psych and prog night finally begins at footsie's this weekend. While we are usually throwing down on the first and third thursday of every month, we're having a special "launch party" this sunday for our homies and avid psych heads. I mean, anyone can come but we're expecting what real promoters call a "soft opening." Meaning, our initial fan base will probably draw from the aforementioned groups of people we know and weirdo music aficionados.
Since our design man Cam'Ron was out of town, I had to draw from my minimal photoshop skills to produce the flyers you see here. Plus who the fuck makes flyers that advertise a launch party on a different night than the party itself? Shit, that sentence itself is confusing.



But come through if you like weirdo rock music from the sixties and seventies...than a big jump to today. While Ron is a purist and will probably only play old shit, I'm not opposed to hyphenating newer music that gets spacey. Basically, that means I'm playing new stuff and old stuff. Holla at me for some more instances of what we're trying to bring to the music snobs first...than the masses. And check my mix again, dammit!

DJ Tom Hanks- Poundtown: The Mix mediafire

jerusalem "primitive man"
king crimson "easy money"
arzachel "queen st gang"
black mt "modern music"
gravy train "ballad of a peaceful man"
parts and labor "little ones"
joseph "stoned age man"
iota "love comes wicked"
jd blackfoot "cycles"
caverns "this are syntax"
headband "goodbye mother nature"

Monday, February 16, 2009

DJ Tom Hanks: KXLU 2/17 @ 2AM



So...
Awesometown was dope last week and I kind of killed it. I mean, I didn't break new ground in terms of selection but I had the entire crowd dancing their asses off. And then everyone stopped dancing when I finished. I don't know why, but it is true. I brought a bunch of friends to Shortstop but literally none of them danced because they're cynical assbags. So yeah: DJ Tom Hanks makes all the girlies shake it shake it. And the dudes love it too. Check out Shadowscene's pictures from the night at Shadowscene.com.
And as a result, Terrel the boss man from Shortstop and Footsie's finalized my psych night. On March 1st, we will be having a launch party for Poundtown at Footsie's. Then Camerin and I will be doing every other Thursday night psych style. When we have the flyer/invite, it'll be here for your amusement.
Oh and one more thing:
KXLU TONIGHT/TOMORROW! 2AM-6AM
I'm not supposed to play too many of my own songs at first in favor of what they have at the station but hopefully, they will have a bunch of good albums for me to choose from.
I'm not posting any mp3 right now but check this: follow me at blip.fm and I'll be posting tracks all day.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

DJ Tom Hanks: Tear da Club Up at Awesometown, 2/11/09






Yes, the rumors are true: DJ Tom Hanks will be crashing Anne Lee and Shadowscene's Shortstop jump-off tomorrow (2/11/09). In 24 hours, your boy Sir Hanks-a-Lot will be bumping up the population in Awesometown and getting ready to rampage all over some Dodger memorabilia. Why do I keep referring to myself in the third person? Ha, Sir Hanks-a-Lot...that is friggin dope.
Anyway, I'm not sure what I'm going to play yet because I haven't been to A town in a minute but rest assured: I will go the fuck off. As we say over here in Rage City: I'm going to go on (get it? so far off I'm on again? I know, Psycho Matt...).
So definitely come through for a minute because there will be A) cute girls (sorry ladies, the dude clientele is kinda hurt), B) cheap beers, C) a sweaty dance floor, and D) a psycho, red haired Rape Valley Records ALL STAR dropping sick mid-Atlantic club music. Damn, I've already said too much.
But yo: download a mix from the list to the right in case ya'll wanna know what I'm about. Oh and stay tuned for my brand new Glasnost remix on Rape Valley Records in a day or two.
Psychotown....
Shortstop Bar, 2/11/09
10-2 Echo Park

Friday, February 06, 2009

Mack Winston and the Reflections at Bardot Saturday/White Arrows at Temporary Spaces Friday



Alright, I just saw Diplo rip shit up at Dance Right and it reminded me that I gotta work on my DJ game before next week at Awesometown for real. So I'm not gonna go on about Mack this time because I've devoted enough djtomhanks.com jibba jabba to those dudes already. But, you should go to the show on Saturday night because A) they rule, B) I'll be there raging, C) it is free.




Also, you guys can catch Casper Adams in action at Temporary Spaces Friday night playing with White Arrows. Funny, if I was still doing first Fridays there the same band would be there. The scene is way too small sometimes. And it isn't just LA; it's everywhere. The same kids just batting each other back and forth. Whatever. See you at the rock party. Holla!

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Yeah, I Don't Want to Bury Poundtown the Mix So Soon. DJ Tom Hanks at His Most Progressively Psychedelic

"Poundtown: The Mix" on mediafire. By DJ Tom Hanks w/ Camerin Kelly
Oh and this mix is brought to you by the good people at...




Poundtown: The Mix

Jerusalem "Primitive Man"
king crimson "easy money"
arzachel "queen st gang"
black mt "modern music"
gravy train "ballad of a peaceful man"
parts and labor "little ones"
joseph "stoned age man"
iota "love comes wicked"
jd blackfoot "cycles"
caverns "this are syntax"
headband "goodbye mother nature"


DJ Tom Hanks at Awesometown 2/11/09











Alright, Anne finally put me on for Awesometown. It is the Wednesday after next and I'm planning on killing it. You could probably say I'm gonna go the fuck off.

Meanwhile, Tom is doing a Monday night party at Footsie's now too so check that out. Lord knows I'm not trying to promote any more of my own Monday night parties any time soon. And you know what, dude still owes me money from last time I DJ-ed his party. But here is his flyer. Go.

Poundtown: The Mix is Finally Here




Poundtown: The Mix

Jerusalem "Primitive Man"
king crimson "easy money"
arzachel "queen st gang"
black mt "modern music"
gravy train "ballad of a peaceful man"
parts and labor "little ones"
joseph "stoned age man"
iota "love comes wicked"
jd blackfoot "cycles"
caverns "this are syntax"
headband "goodbye mother nature"


I really don't know why this mix took so long to finish. Me and Camerin picked out the tracks before Christmas and although I've been saying I was waiting for him to get home because we're supposed to be making it together, that's bullshit. It was done and I posted it on mediafire like 2 weeks ago and he said it was fine. I guess I've just been sitting on it thinking that there had to be something wrong with it because it was easier to make than I thought. I'd never really done an all rock mix before so instead of just getting the beats mixed up and eventually fading one out like with drum machine tracks, I had to feel out each transition and find the best way to trade up songs as I went along. At the end of the day, I pretty much used a different effect or two for every song change and I'm happy with the results. And I should be confident: instead of adding effects to the transitions until I found a nice setup, I just threw like 12 or so on the two mixing songs and took them away level by level til I got a decent sound I hadn't used yet. I turned it into the manager at Footsie's tonight too so we should be getting Poundtown Parties at Footsie's underway soon enough. But yeah, listen to the mix at least because it took so damn long.

DJ Tom Hanks with Camerin Kelly "Poundtown: The Mix" mediafire